2 gay priests up for L.A. Episcopal post

LOS ANGELES – Two Episcopal priests in same-sex relationships are among the nominees for assistant bishop of Los Angeles, officials said yesterday.

The Rev. John L. Kirkley of San Francisco and the Rev. Mary Douglas Glasspool of Maryland will be among six candidates on the ballot when lay people and clergy vote in December, despite a long-standing request from world Anglican leaders for a moratorium on consecrating openly gay bishops.

On Saturday, the Diocese of Minnesota said a lesbian was among its three candidates for bishop in an Oct. 31 election.

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City told to revoke approval for Walmart

LOS ANGELES – A San Bernardino County Superior Court judge said Rialto must revoke its approval of a 284,000-square-foot Walmart partly because the plans are not environmentally friendly.

In two cases last week, Judge Donald Alvarez decided that Rialto's approval of the store violates land-use laws and the California Environmental Quality Act. Alvarez ruled the project's environmental impact report did not properly address threats to plant species, kangaroo rats and the Western burrowing owl.

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Sewer break still has Nevada road closed

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. – A road along the eastern shore of Lake Tahoe remained closed yesterday because of a break in a sewer line. A section of Nevada Highway 28 dissolved Saturday between between Incline Village and U.S. 50 and was expected to remain closed for several days.